Texas Tribune TribCast

Texas Tribune TribCast

The Texas Tribune

Hosted by Texas Tribune's editor-in-chief Emily Ramshaw and featuring a rotating cast of Tribune reporters, editors and special guests, the TribCast is an informal – and, with luck, amusing – discussion of Texas politics and policy. New episodes post each week.

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TribCast is going on hiatus

The Texas Tribune put this podcast on hiatus in August 2023 due to staffing changes in the newsroom. The TribCast was The Texas Tribune's weekly political podcast, hosted by Matthew Watkins and featuring a rotating cast of editors, reporters and other guests.

25 August 2023, 4:56 pm
32 minutes 57 seconds

TribCast: Big changes in Houston ISD after state takeover

In this week’s episode, we discuss the changes at Houston ISD after a state takeover in June.

18 August 2023, 6:27 pm
42 minutes 51 seconds

TribCast: Turmoil at Texas A&M

In this week’s episode, we discuss two cases at Texas A&M University that raised questions of academic freedom — and the fallout that ensued.

4 August 2023, 8:36 pm
38 minutes 31 seconds

TribCast: Texas’ tough border security tactics under scrutiny

In this week’s episode, we discuss the half-million people booted from Texas’ Medicaid rolls and the state’s deployment of razor wire and buoys along the border in Eagle Pass.

28 July 2023, 9:11 pm
35 minutes 14 seconds

TribCast: Texas lawmakers approve property tax cuts after 7 months of trying

In this week’s episode, we discuss the winners and losers — politically and financially — after lawmakers approved an $18 billion tax cut bill.

14 July 2023, 9:56 pm
31 minutes 41 seconds

TribCast: Extreme heat and the toll of climate change on Texas

In this week’s episode, we speak with The Texas Tribune’s climate reporter Erin Douglas about why it’s been so hot in Texas and examine the long-term implications as climate change shifts the entire range of Texas heat upward.

7 July 2023, 6:28 pm
31 minutes 53 seconds

TribCast: How will Texas universities maintain diversity without considering race in admissions?

In this week’s two-topic TribCast, we discuss the U.S. Supreme Court blocking the consideration of race in college admissions and the dangerous heat inside Texas prisons this summer.

30 June 2023, 6:25 pm
37 minutes 46 seconds

TribCast: The rise of renewable energy in Texas

In this week’s episode, energy expert Doug Lewin discusses how wind and solar power are supplying an increasing amount of power in Texas whether state leaders like it or not.

23 June 2023, 3:29 pm
33 minutes 15 seconds

TribCast: Why can’t Texas Republicans get along?

In this week’s episode we check in with radio host Mark Davis and politics reporter Patrick Svitek about the GOP intraparty fighting over property taxes and Ken Paxton’s impeachment.

16 June 2023, 9:24 pm
32 minutes 22 seconds

TribCast: How does Nate Paul’s arrest affect Ken Paxton?

In this week’s episode, we discuss the arrest of Austin developer Nate Paul, what it might say about Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial and whether it makes Paxton more vulnerable to criminal prosecution.

9 June 2023, 9:54 pm
42 minutes 26 seconds

TribCast: The conservative plan to eliminate school property taxes in Texas

On this week’s episode, we speak to the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s James Quintero, who has been at the center of the debate over property taxes this week.

2 June 2023, 8:56 pm
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